• January 1: Domain Name System created • January 20: Reagan privately sworn in for 2nd term • February 19: first artificial heart recipient leaves hospital • March 4: FDA approves first AIDS blood test • March 11: Gorbachev becomes de facto leader of Soviet Union • March 25: Amadeus wins Best Picture at the Oscars • March 31: WrestleMania debuts at Madison Square Garden • April 15: South Africa ends interracial marriage ban • April 23: Coca-Cola releases "New Coke" • May 11: FBI brings charges against the heads of the Five Families in New York • May 16: British Antarctic Survey announces discovery of the ozone hole • June 17: Discovery Channel launched • June 24: first Arab and Muslim in space, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, returns on the Space Shuttle Discovery • June 27: U.S. Route 66 decommissioned • July 3: Back to the Future opens in theaters and ends being the highest grossing film of 1985 • July 13: George H. W. Bush becomes President for 8 hours while Reagan undergoes colon cancer surgery at Bethesda • July 13: Live Aid opens in London and Philadelphia • July 23: Commodore launches the Amiga personal computer • August 20: first arms exchange in Iran-Contra Affair • August 28: first restaurant smoking ban passed in Aspen, CO • September 1: RMS Titanic shipwreck located by Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel • September 11: Pete Rose becomes all-time hits leader with his 4,192nd hit • September 13: Super Mario Bros. released for the Nintendo Entertainment System • September 13: Steve Jobs resigns from Apple to eventually found NeXT • September 22: Plaza Accord signed • October 3: Space Shuttle Atlantis maiden flight • October 18: Nintendo releases Nintendo Entertainment System in the United States • November 9: Garry Kasparov defeats Anatoly Karpov at 22 and becomes youngest ever Workd Chess Champion • November 18: Calvin and Hobbes debuts in 35 newspapers • November 19: Reagan and Gorbachev meet for the first time • November 20: Microsoft releases Windows 1.0 • December 16: bosses Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti assassinated, making John Gotti leader of the Gambino Crime Family • December 31: American singer and songwriter Ricky Nelson dies in plane crash

Holy shits and giggles, batman...I had no idea so many profound and amazing things happened in '85... That's crazy stuff!!! First artificial heart transplant, AIDS being treated like the Black Plague pretty much, the first Arab in space! South Africa trying not to be so racist, the Titanic was found after 73 years!! Discovery channel launched (guessing it was named after the shuttle, how cool!), route 66 closes (poor Lightning McQueen), Super Mario and the NES. Windows 1 :p lol. This is exciting stuff. I love it all